To Infinitive

Kondisi yang mengharuskan memilih to infinitive

1. Kata kerja setelah obyek pelaku (accusative object)

She wanted me to buy a new camera
Prabu asked me to go with him
2. Kata kerja setelah kata Tanya yang mengawali klausa kata benda (noun clause)
She wanted to know how to manage the business
I don’t know what to do
3. Kata kerja sebagai complement (object complement dan impersonal it complement)
He is a nice man to talk to
Dedy is too young to run the business
It is difficult to adapt in a new environment
It is easy for me to defeat him

Kata kata berikut diikuti oleh to infinitive

Agree Hope Refuse

Attempt Need Seem
Claim Intent Strive
Decide Learn Tend
Desire Offer Want
Fail Plan Try
Forget Prepare Wish
Hesitate Pretend expect

anxious good able

boring glad usual
dangerous ready common
certain pleased difficult
eager prepared wrong

contoh
prabu expect to begin studying law next month
Setiawan is anxious to see his family
Penggunaan Infinitve
(Noun) Subject
To travel in this season is a bad idea
To survive in the big city is my hope

(Noun) Direct Object

He wants to come tomorrow
The children learned to write letters

(Noun) subject complement

His dream is to win the tender.

Adjective
The best time to talk with him is at night
It is the wrong way to ask a question

Adverb
To watch the movie, you must buy a ticket
You need IDR 50 K to buy it.